CHARLESTON, Maine — Slippery roads were a factor in a fatal accident early Monday that took the life of a local woman, whose car crashed into a logging truck heading in the opposite direction, police said.
Samantha Snyder, 20, of Charleston died at the scene just before 7 a.m. on Route 11 when the 2001 blue Toyota Corolla she was driving crossed the centerline and skidded sideways into the path of the fully loaded logging truck.
“It appears she may have lost control,” Lt. Wesley Hussey, commanding officer of the Maine State Police Troop E, headquartered in Orono, said from the scene.
Snyder was a 2010 graduate of Foxcroft Academy who played four years of varsity softball at the Dover-Foxcroft institution.
Tim Smith, athletic administrator at the school, said Monday was a tough day for students and teachers alike.
“She was a popular kid, well-known,” Smith said in a telephone interview late Monday afternoon. “It’s been tough.”
The car was impacted on its passenger side, and the force of the collision crushed that side of the small passenger vehicle. It was sitting in the middle of the snow-covered road when police arrived.
“The victim was killed instantly,” Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, said in a statement.
The loaded logging truck overturned onto its side into a ditch, spilling logs, and another logging truck was called in to remove the logs.
The truck was operated by Wyatt Astbury, 32, of Orland, who was taken to Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft as a precautionary measure.
“He appeared to be fine,” Hussey said.
The lieutenant described the fatal accident as “tragic.”
BDN writer Ryan McLaughlin contributed to this report.
Very sad to see the state saving money while it’s people die on the roads.I for one would be happy to pay more in taxes to ensure the safety of our people.
Are you serious? I got a protective bubble I can sell you!
How old are you?I can remember when the state plowed the roads and applied sand w/salt.Roads were safe.If you think this slush is safe you need to re-examine it…
I can remember roads not being plowed till the storm was almost done and no sand till the last pass of the plow was made so as to not push the sand off the road.. prescription delivery by snow-sled. People didn’t expect the roads to be open 24/7 thru the harshest weather. If you didn’t get your cigs before the storm you KNEW it was gonna be a p*sser getting them later. we take too much for granted, we expect more and its costing more. slush is part of life- deal with it, it melts or freezes so it isn’t forever. this last storm I stopped to pull a guy up back onto the highway or haul him.. I got there and he was yelling at someone on the phone about how bad the road was and someone should be sued for negligence blah blah blah. I get down to put a cable on his frame and notice all 4 tires were beyond bald. one closest to me had wire sticking out. I take my cable and go back to my truck and he immediately turns his anger upon me as to why I’m not pulling him out. I told him since he had inadequate tires and refused to admit that HE was the cause of his own accident he needs to call triple A . I am a private contractor and he had no business being on the road.
black dodge neon with a raving lunatic for a driver,,,,you know who you are!
They were always plowed on the hour or close to it.I agree they weren’t sanded till the end but the slush wasn’t as bad as it is now.In no way am I blaming the people behind the plow.I am frustrated that we cut money to our roads and place it in less needed areas.
Your right. I plow for a city, and when I go out in the beginning I put sand/salt down. After that im just throwing it away. I plow 3 or 4 times and when the storm lets up and ends I go out and scrape one more time and put a good layer of salted sand down. It makes a difference and I do not get many if any complaints on my run. I cant get there every hour, it takes 2 to 2 1/2 hours to get through my run, I take a quick break and head back out.
You wouldn’t have to do that if people could stay home in a storm…but everyone has to work, or go to school, or just plain be busy. We live in a different world than the remember whens…gas isn’t 59 cents anymore either. Plus I think that storm caught us all by surprise! My condolences to the family and teachers/student body of this young lady. A tragic loss.
I agree with with you Rottie i for one appreciate you guys out there trying to keep the roads safe. I for one know you cant be everywhere all the time and each route has a begining and an end so if i live on the end of your route it will be some time before you get to my street. All to often i have heard people saying the truck hasn’t been by their house for several hours but i know it normally takes 2-3 hours between runs and that depends on visibilty for the driver. Don’t let the complaints get you down as we all know each town has 500 sidewalk formans that think they can do your job better then you LMAO at them.
Also in those days, people dressed for the conditions like wore boots, winter jackets, hat and gloves, not loafers or sneakers and a light jacket (if they even have a jacket with them).
Vehicles had “SNOW” tires on and many people carried chains and knew how to put them on.
agreed , how many people reading this have a fire extinguisher onboard, and in winter a blanket,towrope and a flashlight that works.. not something you just put batteries in” 7 years ago”..in this day and age of the cell phone you can still get stuck in the dark and get cold..
I agree I can remember also when I was alot younger my grandfather would be working all night plowing the roads while it was storming. So yes people the plow trucks are not working like they use to…and yes now they actually wait until the storm is over practically. It is very dangerous when having to travel on roads not touched.
I cant speak for other towns but the city I work for will work through the storm. This last storm on Thursday, we started work at 7am and didnt leave until 7am friday. So yes some us still plow all through the storm.
And thank you for doing what you do. I’m sure you all are wiped out by the end of the shifts! Probably quite a thankless job, but you are silently appreciated by many, I bet!
Leave them until 24hrs after the storm…see how they like that…:)
hear hear!!! It looks like that is at the bottom of charleston hill, trucks are trying to gather speed up, understandably so, and cars are trying to slow down coming the other way. You are right, slush is not something that is negotiable, no matter if you 4 wheel drive or a wheeler, tires slip. This is crazy, stop sacrificing the safety of commuters to save the cost of a load of sand and salt, or even calcium chloride, but this certainly can be questionable maintenance, the last time I knew, physics and gravity still applies.
Again, you don’t know what you’re talking about. Charleston hill is on route 15 not 11. Go spread your liberal hatred for trucks somewhere else.
Hatred for trucks is liberal now??? When did that happen and why didn’t I get the notice? To continue the theme…when I was a kid, everyone hated the plow truck, liberal and conservative alike! Our political rhetoric has us so divided that we can’t even have a consensus hatred for plow trucks! If elected Senator, I will call upon all citizens to unify in plow truck hatred! LOL j/k…actually I used to plow through storms and it’s a sucky job after the first 24 hours have passed. I’m sure we’re cutting corner and saving money as we do with everything, but people do have to use common sense as well. We do have more slush than 20 years ago, because our winters aren’t near as harsh as they used to be, and everything is melting quicker and re-freezing more often. So sorry to hear about this young girl, it’s always a tragedy to lose someone so young.
NH has rumble strips in the center of roads. They work great and they have a lot less center crossing accidents.
that wouldnt have helped in this case..it said slippery roads were to blame
which means she was going to fast for the conditions causing the wreck…sad
which may or may not be the case ..but like you said..sad..condolences to loved ones left behind
if she was unable to control her vehicle because she was going to fast then she was going to fast…
listen u werent there and dont know what happened i think it was roads piscatquis area doesnt like to plow i live in dover-foxcroft and lived in charleston
Charleston is in Penobscot county. This should be a reminder for everyone to slow down, take a few moments, and appreciate all that you have in life. It can all be taken away in a heartbeat.
Plowing and sanding cost money … Money which in turn means tax dollars spent … Tax dollars come from the citizens who are tired of paying more taxes … Hence, cost savings are desired every single day … The real trouble behind this is the lack of accountability each individual places on themselves for the daily decision they make. That same dollar for plowing and sanding is being challenged by education, welfare, road paving / maint. along with many other facets of a town budget. When we waste money through abuse, neglect and misappropriation; these are the payments that we end up making. If you don’t like what is happening … GET INVOLVED !!!
I did not read where it said she was going to fast? She could of been doing 15 miles an hour and lost control, and you do not know how fast the truck was going either. It is unfortunate, just becasue she is young does not mean she was speeding.
She lost control of the vehicle on slippery roads. That means she was driving too fast.
she was driving too fast for the conditions
You don’t know that. Stop speculating. I lost control of my jeep a couple of weeks ago on black ice. I was going 35 miles an hour. If a fully loaded logging truck would have been coming then it may have been me in the news. Or you for that matter.
That means 35 was too fast for the conditions. Snow and ice don’t care what the posted limit is.
Then 35 mph was too fast! I’ve never gone off the road during a storm because I refuse to drive fast than 25 mph no matter what the speed limit is. You can go around me and get into a head-on collision if you don’t like how fast I’m going.
When I went off the road It wasn’t storming. The black ice was the only “wet” spot on the road. I think that no matter what we need to keep in mind that this young lady met with a tragedy.
I agree … If you lose control, then you were going too fast … Committed the crime before myself and was fortunate nothing coming the other way … This IS a tragedy no matter how it looks or happened …
I agree, I went sideways once on black ice doing 25 on 395. Lucky for me my Jeep was awesome and no one was coming. Once those tires start spinning there’s little you can do to stop it, and you just hope that you can pull it straight. Mine was so slick that I pulled it straight and went sideways the other way before I straightened it out a second time. Unfortunately this young girl wasn’t as lucky, terrible tragedy.
Roads are slippery going slow or fast,how do you know she was going to fast?Ive slid off my driveway because it was slippery and i was only going maybe 5 or 10 i wasnt going to fast it was just that…slippery!
Thank you AJ! When roads are slippery, sometimes there is no “safe” speed.
Your driveway is one thing. But if you are on the road, slipping and sliding at 5-10 mph, there is no reason to be on the road if they are that bad. Right, wrong, or indifferent, if you can’t control your vehicle, you should not be on the road.
Yes but unfortunately, schools in this area have not closed during the past few storms, and yet the roads haven’t been safe to drive on. I had to drive 20 mph max the entire drive to school last week and it was even worse on the way home. I was slipping everywhere and it wasn’t safe to drive but I had to work and money is tight these days. I think many locals are facing the same problems lately. We know the roads suck but if work isn’t closed we don’t have much of a choice.
One thing I have to ask, who is holding a gun to your head and telling you to drive when the roads are that bad?
Unfortunately, most jobs in the area expect us to be there despite bad roads. I don’t know about you but I can’t afford to lose my job right now.
Noone is holding a gun per say but the bills in the mailbox are almost the same thing!I, like most people live week to week so if i miss a day of work chances are something isnt getting paid!I work for everything i have so sometimes driving on slippery roads is a chance i have to take.
I agree 100 percent! I have a daughter in school and there have been a few times that i chose to pick her up because the roads got bad and i felt she was safer with me!Not many of us have the option to just stay home and wait for a nice sunny day to travel!
Yes thank you AJ! Ive tryed to tell people on here that and they cant comprehend that! Ice is ice 5mph or 80mph doesnt matter! :( sad for this girl and her family may she rest in peace!
I know she was going too fast because, um, she lost control of her vehicle.
When you drive at a safe speed your car goes where you want it to.
That is ridulous, like I siad you can be doing 10-15 and loose control. I have been on the Interstate almost stopped and it was sliding off the road. In slush, wheels can have a mind of their own at any speed.
Unfortunately you are correct. The name has been released but we think they are spelling the last name wrong. This was a FA graduate and a friend o f my daughters if it is correct. We are watching her FB for updates. Please pray for her family.
Yes, she was incorrectly listed as Schnieder but it is actually Snyder. She was a great young lady with a very bubbly personality. She was a former student of mine when she was at SeDoMoCha. A very tragic loss, for sure, and my condolences go out to her family and friends.
I drive on RT 2, 115, and 302 in NH every month and have never encountered a rumble strip in the middle of the road.
Nor on Rt 25 in NH…
Granted, I haven’t lived there in 10 years, but when I lived in Nashua, I never encountered a center rumble strip. And I traveled to Maine monthly.
Rt 16 has them in the center where the road goes back to being a 2 lane rd and on the outside of the lanes on the 4 lane portions. Too many head ons with sleepy drivers
and those rumble strips are deadly to motorcycles…just saying…people need to slow down, drive for the conditions of the road and stop being distracted while driving. I am not saying that is what happened to this young lady, but reports says lost control of car which would lead me to believe she was driving too fast for road conditions. I am sorry she lost her life..RIP
Mother Nature is not going to wait until your vehicle is safe for snowy conditions. YOU need to be prepared with good tires, awareness of the road condition, slow down, to the best of your knowledge know what your car is capable and not capable of doing. Pump the brakes, no sudden quick turns, stay off the phone and buckle up and again SLOW DOWN. This was a tragedy no doubt perhaps inexperience played into it so stop blameing and start learning to respect mother nature’s power.
The last time I knew its very dangerous and one of the worst things to do is pump your brakes. Newer cars have ABS which prevents lock up. Going slow and not breaking until absolutely necessary is the best thing to do
However if you must use them applying slight pressure is best. But even better is stating off them until cleaned!
Why does there always have to be fault put on someone or something when it comes to an accident??? This is very sad for this woman to have lost her life but why is there always those who are quick to place blame? From this very brief article, it says nothing of how bad the road conditions were. We know they were bad…I’m not saying they weren’t. But do we know if the trucks were out in the process of getting them cleared? I think more information needs to be given before putting blame on anyone.
“Slippery roads are a factor in a fatal accident” as quoted by the BDN
It is a driver’s responsibility to be aware of road conditions and to drive safely with respect to those conditions. If I’m on the turnpike and hit a fog bank in four inches of snow at night, should I just keep going 65 like it’s a sunny day?
Driver lost control on slippery road…RIP ….condolences to your family and friends..
Doesn’t matter what the conditions are. I see the 45 mile an hour sign on the highway and get passed by people doing 70. people are the problem. If the road conditions aren’t to your satisfaction you may complain but you SLOW DOWN . Blame doesn’t really help the dead.
Should someone be driving ahead of each and everyone one of us to ensure perfect conditions?
sometimes there is no one to blame. This was a very tragic accident that claimed the life of a wonderful young woman, who was loved by many people and it would be a good idea to keep that in mind when posting.
Jennifer,in no way was this directed to this woman.My heart goes out for her and every other person killed on our roads.I may be wrong but it seems there are so many people losing their lives.
I have a daughter,family and friends on these roads daily.It scares the hell out of me to know that in a blink of an eye they could be gone.My condolences to all families that have lost loved ones.
Thoughts and prayers for the family!
How sad. I wonder why the other vehicle always crosses the line in front of log trucks. We have traveled hundreds of miles on Rt. 11 and have had many, many log trucks come around turns and be on our side of the road. It reminds me of the accident in Ashland that killed 4 sisters that was supposedly caused by them on the wrong side of the road. With no witnesses we will never know. So sorry for this family.
Go back and read the article. Slippery roads were to blame for the accident. Very sad that a life was lost. Thoughts and prayers sent to the family of this woman. Prayers also go out to the driver of the log truck, Wyatt Astbury.
I did read the article but neither you nor I were there. I am saying this sometimes happens and I have seen the results. We will really never know, will we?
negative much??????
dude shes was great kid my exwife babysitter her and its the road cause it i have driven on that road its dangerouss
dont you think that that is why we have people that reconstruct the scene? in snow you leave prints/marks i am thinking that they checked that out before just saying it or taking another drivers word…just assuming
Actually, driving too fast for the slippery conditions was to blame for this crash.
Fatal Accidents are reconstructed and because of this, we do know.
I think you have much more faith in the system than I do.
:@) thank you didnt see your comment before I wrote mine!
I am sure the reconstruction team can tell where the impact happened….
The road is narrow,too rough, too crowned in areas, standing water in others. The swamp has claimed lives before. I’ve seen many vehicles off in that area and have had close calls myself. I send my deepest sympathy to the family.
Widening the roads that these logging trucks come on can help in some cases. My road, same way, too narrow, plowed like crap all the time, standing water, hardly treated right and too many narrow close calls with trucks on the hills. The road tips even and when you go up hills, everyone is in the center going around blind spots including the big trucks. You don’t get much room to negotiate for real estate on some of these roads in the state. A little bit of slush and not enough room, oncoming traffic, does not turn out good.
Try widening the road through “wet” areas and see what the environmentalists do to you….they don’t buy the safety argument….they’d rather see young folks die than, god forbid, impact a wetland…or worse yet, a vernal pool
They could go along take over the wet areas and when it is all done they will just say “oops” and just move along and somehow convince us they had every right, if I put a few cheap small structures near the road they might find more incentive to take them over thinking they are displacing someones house when they really are not.
i agree lori i been on that road
Although some people drive too fast that was just an ignorant response. many roads are too narrow for the traffic that is allowed on it. Many roads are not taken care of at all, plowed or huge holes/ruts.
Then drive for the conditions of the road. If the roads not plowed, full of ruts and huge holes or too narrow than go slow and pull as far to the right as possible or even stop when meeting oncoming traffic.
It’s not that difficult.
Sorry for this young girl…..I do understand how accidents happen. Very sad.
Things that seem obvious are not always as they seem. Working on helicopters we hear of many accidents that were unavoidable and this applies to car crashes as well.
Usually small towns like Charleston contract out their road plowing and in that contract it states how often and plowing has to be done. This is usually written in inches so a contractor can wait until a small storm is over or until the agreed amount of snow has fallen. The State on the other hand starts to plow as soon as the storm starts.
Anyone else a little surprised to wake up and find that the weatherman was spot on with his forecast. I certainly didn’t expect to see that amount of snow we had received. However, once I did, the “common sense” trigger went off and said I need a little more time to get to work as traffic “should be slower”. It’s my understanding that it came down fast and in a short period of time.
A tragedy & the prayers of my family go out to Samantha’s family as well as the driver of the logging truck. :(
Condolences to the family and friends-very tragic…
I don’t where the problem lies. Maybe not enough personnel. Listening to my scanner the other night, a state trooper kept asking for sanding for Rte 9. Regional dispatch said they had already made the call and when the officer asked how long ago, the reply was 2 1/2 hours earlier. How many lives were risked in that time frame? The state trooper asked for another call which was made. But when I was falling asleep a couple of hours later, the same cop was still trying to get someone to come out and sand the road. That was over 4 hrs from the initial call.
The State Trooper has the authority (and should have exercised
it) to close the road if he deemed it unsafe. I have heard in the past of this
being done.
Which they should but a State Trooper is not going to sit around, be bothered or be too busy with other accidents to setup a road closing, then people will complain about the road being closed, and then people will complain it was never plowed to why it was shut down to begin with etc. It makes sense but it would probably get more complaints then a State Trooper justified in a shooting.
4 hours is extreme. I think in the case of accidents, this information should come into play. When held accountable, in part, for not sanding for over 4 hours, those responsible would put a little more effort next time into ensuring sanding happened faster.
Little autos = BIG RISK. It is always sad to hear of these types of accidents. Young driver, small car, slippery roads, the end of the story is always most often the same with the small auto driver and/or passenger(s) being killed. I’m surprised that someone hasn’t blamed the logging truck driver for the girl losing control of her little toyota. If you must drive, drive something big enough to survive an accident. If you can’s do that then stay off the road when conditions are not in your favor. This is a gamble one need not take. So sorry for the sad loss of another young life.
Unfortunately, small cars tend to be cheaper. In today’s economy between gas prices and vehicle purchasing prices, buying small cars is often the only thing possible. I would prefer to own a bigger vehicle, but simply cannot afford it.
I want to start off by saying that my prayers are with the family for their loss. And in response to what you said… When it comes to bigger vehicles like the logging truck … semis, and such … it really doesnt matter what size your vehicle is. Either way depending on the force of the crash and how the crash came together .. the vehicles would or could be totaled. I have seen two Semis crash and both were severly damaged and one person was lifeflighted. Moral of the story is It doesn’t matter how big or small your vehicle is … Drive Safely. Whether its raining, snowing, sleeting. Or mounds of slush on the road – Drive with Caution and Safely.
Sam was a great kid and a phenomenal softball player. This is the third Foxcroft Student/graduate who has been killed in less then 4 years. Please keep your comments civil and keep you BS to yourselves. I drove this morning, the roads were crap.
yes i agree and FA has lost 7 students and 1 teacher in accidents or such in 9 years
My daughter was crushed when I called her to tell about Sam. This is the second time I have had to call her this year and the third person she knew that had been killed within 2 years. It is becoming surreal. God be with Sam’s family and also with the driver of the truck. He must be devastated.
in last 9 yrs that school has been losing wonderful people . my freshman year we lost 3 that was in 2002 and in 2007 we lost a great teacher and this year 2 more students one after a football game and now sam and all theses people are great people that have had a tragic accidents.
That’s a swamp through there, very crowned roads
and an area that has seen too many fatal
accidents.
Many condolences to her family.
My prayers for the young woman’s family and for the driver; I can only imagine the horror he felt, when he saw that little car coming toward his fully loaded, logging truck.
Do we REALLY need to see video AND the car? This is just what her parents need to see!! I don’t agree with this at all!!
i agree with you that was uncalled for by press
there was a time, not that long ago, that we didn’t expect the roads to be plowed down to tar, we didn’t talk and text while driving.
This is so sad, I knew Samie through school over the years. I lost contact for a while with her and just saw her post something last night! When I herd the new this morning I didn’t believe it until it was confirmed by her mother. My thoughts and prays go out to her mother and family at this time, no one should loose someone they love so young :(
Wow people someone just loss their daughter, sibling, friend and etc… and you want to argue over road conditions. Not the place for it. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
How horrible. Even more horrible for people to think it is the time and place to point fingers. No one was in the car with her. Maybe she was doing what we would have considered a safe speed and just hit a patch of slush or ice at just the right angle. Maybe she was distracted. Or maybe it was just her inexperience. Either way, a young woman is gone and her family’s life has changed forever. Try to remember that.
I am a cousin of sammie she was a beautiful person and I will always cherish the memories we were joined at the hip as kids and i will forever miss her and hope her spirit will be at rest and ask that people keep negative comments to yourselves as our family mourns this tragic loss
We are all so sorry for your loss and also for the ignorant people who are on this site.
Let me enlighten you all. It matters not at this point what the state did or didn’t do for the roads. You can be the worlds best driver and still lose control. That is why these are called accidents. It matters not that you are 20 or 90. Road conditions can be unpredictable no matter how prepared you are for them. She could not control the weather anymore that the logging truck driver could control the path of her vehicle. My condolences are with family, friends, and loved ones of the 20 year old. My thoughts and prayers are also with the logging truck driver who has to live with feelings of guilt and memories from this unfortunate accident. Instead of bickering back and forth, we all know that the state can be doing more to help with road conditions, let us celebrate the life this young lady had and come together to do something about this. The more people that contact the head of DOT of Maine, the more pressure they have on them to correct an ongoing issue.
When you have frost heaves 2ft high and pot holes a foot deep, hitting them at any speed when conditions are slippery can cause you to loose control. So you have just been enlightened. I speak from experience. I hit a rut in the road a few years back with studded snow tires on, speed was around 20-25mph and it through me into the ditch.
My point exactly. Anyone with any experience can lose control. The more people that call, write, and complain about the roads, the more that will be done (in theory).
That’s the theory, that’s what the tax gas is supposed to do, etc. Stories like this are the reason why schools or even businesses close far before the storm hits, or if school is in session and a snowflake is spotted, school gets dismissed at that moment and have people saying “Gee already closed and it hasn’t even snowed”
Look at what the people of Carmel had to do to get a road paved, I have complained about my road and lack of plowing, a culvert lifting up since last spring and the state has done nothing, it sits there sticking up like a sore thumb, I have seen two vehicles blow tires over it. Complaints seem to hit the trash can or deleted items folder. Sounds like better chances are made with news stories and making signs up like they did in Carmel.
sympathies to the family,so sad
I am sorry do you I know you by chance, you must be mistaken me for someone else, as I know how to drive on these roads probably better then you, and secondly I never said the road was to blame, considering at the time my comment was posted not much in the way of blame was made except to note the car crossed the center line, which nobody knew why up to and including a medical condition
Prayers go out to Whyatt and also the Snyder family.
I feel so badly for both families. That man will have to live with this tragic ACCIDENT forever. And her family will have to live with her loss forever. :-(
Seriously…A young woman died in a tragic accident and some of you on here just want to blame the plower’s/town/woman’s driving or if her car had the right tires. An accident is an accident. Show some respect for her family. How would you feel if you were her parent, brother, sister, boyfriend….think before you just spew out stuff.
Sammie…. I’m sooo sorry we fell out of touch. I should have made the effort to keep in touch. I love you so much. You were one of my best friends in middle school and in high school. I’ll keep ya close. <3 Rest in peace girl, we'll never forget you <3
Thoughts and prayers go out to Samanthas family and friends :(
I am sorry this young lady lost her life. Too many folks go way too fast on winter roads where they always have the potential of having patches of ice and each driver needs to compensate for this.
For everyone that is blaming her for the accident… obviously you have never driven on the back roads in Charleston. The roads are narrow and large vehicles take up vast amounts of the road. When you see a big vehicle like a logging truck come around a corner, you are pretty much forced to slow down and move over to give them room. No matter how fast someone is driving, it’s possible to lose control in bad weather. Just a minor tap of the breaks can make a car slide on black ice.
So I say this to everyone who wants to continue to blame her… unless you were actually there… keep your mouth shut.
Rest in peace Sammy. You may be gone from this world but will never be gone from our hearts.
I live out here in Charleston and my stepdaughter was very close friends with Sammy.The plows had been out doing their job yesterday morning but evryone needs to take into consideration that 1-the roads still had alot of icey spots from the sat. storm 2-it was also snowing so hard at times the roads were recovered in a matter of minutes 3-the road she was killed on has very sharp corners that can be dangerous if u are doing 5mph or 35mph and i have good tires and 4wd and have been going slow due to road conditions on the same road and have slid,it is just an unfortunate accident and my thoughts and prayers go out to sammy’s family and friends. RIP-sam!
Thank you responders. It was a hard call and yet you continue providing medical and fire protection and services.
RIP Samantha Snyder. Condolences to your friends and family.
God Bless you and your family at this difficult time
you people are crazy to post and fight and argue over weather and speeding and whatever else bs is being said! she was an AMAZING young woman whom i went to school with! rt 11 SUCKS! end of story! i live on it and i make my way over to 15 because of the already cruddy conditions. it’s a very sad loss for the town of charleston. we are a small community and are grieving! let us, her friends and the family be!